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The party candidates have been out in force to promote their manifestos and throw shade towards those of their rivals.

On Thursday the Lib Dem’s Bristol West hopeful, Stephen Williams sent out a long press release detailing the reasons why he believes the party is right to pledge the legalisation of cannabis.

While Kerry McCarthy – Labour’s Bristol East candidate – took to Twitter on Tuesday to voice her displeasure after Conservative Party leader, Theresa May, promised to hold a vote on the repeal of the fox hunting ban.

Tory candidate, Theo Clarke, even managed to bring Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, to Bristol to lay in to Labour’s budget and taxation plans.

However the visit backfired when Mr Johnson offended several worshipers by mentioning the sale of alcohol while in a Sikh temple in St George.

Alongside the manifestos, candidates, businesses and commentators in Bristol have been trying their best to encourage people to register to vote before the 11.59pm deadline on Monday, May 22.

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According to the Electoral Commission 30 per cent under 34’s aren’t registered to vote.

This worrying trend inspired Fishponds takeaway Matter Fastfoods to offer customers between the ages of 18 and 24 a free portion of chips when they show proof of their registration.

Six Bristol pubs have followed suit and embarked on the 'Vote This Year Get Free Beer' project, which does what it says on the tin.

Anyone who registers to vote can claim a free beer or equivalent drink at The Lazy Dog, The Pipe and Slippers, The Windmill, The Plough, Red Lion and The Love Inn simply by presenting their registration confirmation email.

The project’s website reads: “Voting in this election is going to massively affect our lives for the next five years and beyond.

“This election is like no other, we truly live in unique times. Not since the end of the Second World War have there been such huge political changes, which will change the course of the country that we'll all inherit.

“People who haven't voted before, or are registered but don't vote, make up a huge proportion of the population. In the last election more people didn't vote than the total votes for any of the main parties.”